The Royals posted their 74th and 75th victories of the season, sweeping a twi-night doubleheader with the Brewers, 4-3 and 6-4, to break the record for most games won by a Kansas City major league club. The old mark of 74 was set by the former Kansas City Athletics in 1965.

Paul Schaal and Gail Hopkins hit homers for the Royals in the lidlifter and Bobby Floyd scored twice after reaching base on a double in the first inning and an error in the fifth. Schaal's homer came in the second. Hopkins' drive in the sixth produced what proved to be the winning run.

The Royals were losing the nightcap, 3-1, before they rallied for four runs in the fifth on two walks, a wild pitch, doubles by Sandy Valdespino and Floyd and a sacrifice fly Amos Otis. Schaal tripled to plate an insurance run in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, September 6, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Brewers      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  9  1
Royals       1  1  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   4  6  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .268      Floyd ss              4   2   1   0     0   1   .179
Heise 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Valdespino lf         3   0   1   1     0   0   .500
  Briggs ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .261        Oliver rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .252
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Otis cf               3   0   2   1     0   0   .303
  Ratliff ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .169      Hopkins 1b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .290
  Mitchell pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Schaal 3b             2   1   1   1     1   0   .264
Cardenal cf           5   0   3   2     0   0   .252      Keough rf,lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .254
May rf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Knoop 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .221
  Pena ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .249      May c                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Porter c              4   1   1   0     0   1   .200        Kirkpatrick ph,c    2   0   0   0     1   0   .210
Tepedino 1b           3   0   0   0     1   2   .180      Hedlund p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .073
Matchick 3b           4   0   2   1     0   1   .304        Abernathy p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Auerbach ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .186        York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .118
  Schofield ph        0   1   0   0     1   0   .216        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Krausse p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .026
  Voss ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .257
  Theobald 2b         1   1   1   0     0   0   .272

Totals               35   3   9   3     4   7             Totals               27   4   6   4     3   1

Time of Game: 2:30
Left on Base: Brewers 10, Royals 3
DP: Brewers 0, Royals 2
Errors: Auerbach, Hopkins
Doubles: Floyd (1), Otis (23), Valdespino (2)
Home Runs: Schaal (8), Hopkins (8)
Caught Stealing: Schaal (5), Otis (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (7)
GIDP: Briggs (4), Pena (6)
Hit by Pitch: Ratliff (1,by Abernathy)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krausse L(6-12)         6     5   4   3   3   0   2  25   2.92
Morris                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.64
Totals                  8     6   4   3   3   1   2  31

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund W(13-7)         6.1   5   1   1   2   4   0  27   2.83
Abernathy               2     3   2   2   2   3   0  11   2.58
York                    0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.76
Burgmeier SV(15)        0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.84
Totals                  9     9   3   3   4   7   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Abernathy (5)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to center; Heise grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cardenal singled to right; May forced
Cardenal (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Floyd doubled to left; Valdespino grounded out
(second to first) [Floyd to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Floyd scored]; Hopkins grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Porter singled to right; Tepedino walked [Porter to
second]; Matchick singled to center [Porter scored, Tepedino to
second]; Jerry May hit by Tommy Matchick foul; nails on third
and fourth fingers knocked loose; Auerbach popped to catcher
in foul territory; Krausse struck out; Harper forced Matchick
(third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal homered; Keough made an out to shortstop;
Knoop flied out to right; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR MAY;
Kirkpatrick walked; Hedlund grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 2.

BREWERS 3RD: KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Heise
grounded out (third to first); Cardenal grounded out (third to
first); May reached on an error by Hopkins [May to second];
Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Floyd flied out to center; Valdespino made an out to
second; Otis doubled to left; Hopkins was walked intentionally;
Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Tepedino struck out; Matchick struck out; Auerbach
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Keough grounded out (first to pitcher); Knoop
grounded out (first unassisted); Kirkpatrick flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Krausse lined to second; Harper lined to center;
Heise singled to shortstop; Cardenal flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Hedlund grounded out (third to first); Floyd reached
on an error by Auerbach [Floyd to first]; Valdespino doubled to
right [Floyd scored (unearned), Valdespino out at third (catcher
to third)]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

BREWERS 6TH: May popped to catcher in foul territory; Porter
popped to first in foul territory; Tepedino grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Hopkins homered; Schaal walked; Schaal was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Keough flied out to
right; Knoop flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
1, Royals 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Matchick singled to right; Auerbach struck out;
VOSS BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Voss walked [Matchick to second];
ABERNATHY REPLACED HEDLUND (PITCHING); Harper walked [Matchick
to third, Voss to second]; BRIGGS BATTED FOR HEISE; Briggs
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Harper out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals
4.

ROYALS 7TH: MORRIS REPLACED BRIGGS (PITCHING); THEOBALD REPLACED
VOSS (PLAYING 2B); Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Abernathy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Floyd struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 4.

BREWERS 8TH: OLIVER REPLACED VALDESPINO (PLAYING RF); KEOUGH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Cardenal singled to center; May
singled to right [Cardenal to third]; Porter was called out on
strikes; Tepedino struck out; Matchick forced May (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Oliver grounded out (third to first); Otis singled
to left; Otis was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher
to first to shortstop); Hopkins grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 4.

BREWERS 9TH: SCHOFIELD BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Schofield walked;
Theobald singled to center [Schofield to second]; Harper was
called out on strikes; RATLIFF BATTED FOR MORRIS; Ratliff was
hit by a pitch [Schofield to third, Theobald to second];
MITCHELL RAN FOR RATLIFF; YORK REPLACED ABERNATHY (PITCHING);
Cardenal singled to left [Schofield scored, Theobald scored,
Mitchell to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); PENA
BATTED FOR MAY; Pena grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Cardenal out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 4.